Hitchens, while always thought provoking and fun to read, takes an argument in so many directions that clarity is ever at risk. He considers whether Zionism has made Jews more or less safe and then recounts how Jews hold answers on all sides of that question. Hitchens also tries to cover all sides with his own conclusions. He doubts that a Jewish state will exist in Palestine in 100 years but surmises that a state for Jews may exist. Hitchens writes that Zionism has not solved anti-Semitism but merely repositioned it. He sees modern Israel not as an alternative to the diaspora but a portion of it - the part, ironically, that depends on non-Jews for protecting it from danger. To Hitchens, promulgation of anti-Semitism foreshadows unfailing barbarism and collapse and modern practitioners in the Middle East ensure lasting peace will not come to Israelis. Hitchens suggests that Jews have not convincingly argued for Israel and little time is left for non-Zionists, Hitchens for one, to be convinced to support unreservedly the nation’s defence.